14 June 2019

Global network equipment provider, Vanu, has announced the expansion of its ongoing agreement with Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) to supply mobile network infrastructure in support of the latter’s mission to connect rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa. 

AMN, which has orders exceeding 2,500 systems so far in 2019, has placed orders for more than 3,000 Vanu systems over the last two years. Both organisations want to provide mobile network operators (MNOs) with a fully-connected Africa and have collaborated to enable coverage for 1.1 million previously unserved people.  

Vanu’s equipment, tools and services enable MNOs and partners, such as AMN, to provide off-grid coverage profitably. Its high-resolution coverage mapping tool, VanuMaps, provides MNOs, partners and potential investors with high-resolution coverage and population data needed to more accurately and efficiently identify the return on investment afforded by serving previously uncovered villages.